Received this email from my T. Tech buddy . . .

[WizardofhOgZ]

Apparently, it is making the rounds among Tech fans.

I am unfamiliar with the Rock City Times . . . not particularly funny, nor creative, IMO.

http://www.rockcitytimes.com/razorbacks-mascot-hunting-cheerleader/

[Hogarusa]

Rock City Times is a satiracal Arkansas web site.  They are generally pretty funny

[ricepig]

Rock City Times is a satiracal Arkansas web site.  They are generally pretty funny

They missed badly on the funny part on this one.

[SquidBilly]

Would have been funnier without the PETA and gun control references.

[King TUSKankahamun]

I found it comical given the bug uproar over that girl. Found it even more comical that some people believed it was true

[RBLtoHOG]

I see idiots sharing stories on FB from there thinking they are true.

You can't fix stupid.

[BorderPatrol]

Wow, I can't believe folks actually believed this. And I can't even begin to imagine why folks are in an uproar about this.

I mean, come on. It is satire.

bp

[WizardofhOgZ]

Rock City Times is a satiracal Arkansas web site. 

That much was pretty obvious.  I didn't have to be familiar with the site to see what it was trying to do.  It's the "funny" part that they missed on this one. 

I'm as up for good, clever satire as just about anyone.  This one . . . was neither, IMO.

[Hogarusa]

They missed badly on the funny part on this one.

I actually thought they hit it out of the park, but not everyone's sense of humor is the same. 

The people on Facebook that are asking if it's true are married, have kids, employed, and vote.  Think about that

[arkbadger]

Would have been funnier without the PETA and gun control references.

I'm not sure since PETA and gun control freaks are generally awful people

[SquidBilly]

I'm not sure since PETA and gun control freaks are generally awful people

Agreed they are awful and I don't find them funny at all.  I too am a bit surprised that one of our redneck fans hasn't taken a shot at Tusk over the years.

[LZH]

Isn't that the website that had the London Times reprinting a 'story' about a man eating 400 hamburgers or something like that?

[LZH]

Red Lobster biscuits.....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/red-lobster-biscuit-coma_n_3496755.html

[oxbaker]

I would like to offer my condolences as a member of a fan base who knows the pain of losing a beloved University tradition to the shenanigans of a rival fan base.  Stay strong hog friends and keep your heads up.  

[hawgsmellgud]

Isn't that the website that had the London Times reprinting a 'story' about a man eating 400 hamburgers or something like that?

Yes, and it had doctors in china believing the red lobster cheddar biscuit story.

[ricepig]

I actually thought they hit it out of the park, but not everyone's sense of humor is the same. 

The people on Facebook that are asking if it's true are married, have kids, employed, and vote.  Think about that

Why would one be on Facebook?

[Hogarusa]

Why would one be on Facebook?

In general?  To complain about the world, politics, Obama, and people OR to brag about the good parts of their life OR to connect with friends and family OR to post pics of food and their children

[Inhogswetrust]

I actually thought they hit it out of the park, but not everyone's sense of humor is the same. 

The people on Facebook that are asking if it's true are married, have kids, employed, and vote.  Think about that

I'm married, one son, employed, vote and am on Facebook occasionally yet I recognize satire when I see it and laugh. It isn't always right or smart to generalize or stereotype.

[ricepig]

In general?  To complain about the world, politics, Obama, and people OR to brag about the good parts of their life OR to connect with friends and family OR to post pics of food and their children

My friends already know my thoughts and feelings. I figure the ones who post questioning this article's validity, have more important issues at hand.

[LZH]

When I first got on facebook I posted something almost every day....usually music, or pics and stories of trips, etc.  This went on for about six months and one morning I noticed that someone very close to me had obviously been drinking and posted something the night before that I'm sure she regretted.  With the exception of responding to something a friend writes or checking out my company page, I have stayed away ever since.

It's bad enough to do it on here, but posting something that all of your family and friends are gonna see..........ugh [shudder].  Another reason that I'm so glad I don't drink like I used to.

[LittlePigMan]

I had been following the cheerleader story so I thought the gist of it was funny but the writing fell kinda flat.  Especially the last couple of paragraphs.

[Hogarusa]

I'm married, one son, employed, vote and am on Facebook occasionally yet I recognize satire when I see it and laugh. It isn't always right or smart to generalize or stereotype.

Hmmm, I think you may have misinterpreted what I said. Not sure what you thought I was generalizing or stereotyping. That's ok. 

If it helps, I was making fun of folks who are incapable of understanding what satire is. 

[secfan30]

The PETA part was pretty funny to me

[ncrebel]

I would like to offer my condolences as a member of a fan base who knows the pain of losing a beloved University tradition to the shenanigans of a rival fan base.  Stay strong hog friends and keep your heads up.  

This response is 100 times funnier than the article.  Man, I love satire but that one sucked the big one.  Makes me wonder if Robert Shields is now writing for Rock City Times.

[Hoggish1]

Rediculous.

[PorkSoda]

Wow, I can't believe folks actually believed this. And I can't even begin to imagine why folks are in an uproar about this.

I mean, come on. It is satire.

bp

well it is a poor attempt at best.  I hope they didn't quit their day jobs...

[DLUXHOG]

Y'all been to Lubbock?  Fayetteville is literally the garden of Eden(as it is to most of the rest of the world) compared to Lubbock...  Get over it as they have nothing better to do....

[Hog N Bama]

Cheesey crap for humor IMO

[Cave City Joe]

I thought it was pretty funny, but then again people do say I have a weird sense of humor

[MuskogeeHogFan]

Apparently, it is making the rounds among Tech fans.

I am unfamiliar with the Rock City Times . . . not particularly funny, nor creative, IMO.

http://www.rockcitytimes.com/razorbacks-mascot-hunting-cheerleader/

Asinine article.

[Speedracer]

Stupid

[Hogwild]

Rock City Times is a satiracal Arkansas web site.  They are generally pretty funny

this wasn't one of there better ones

[MrThunderhog]

I would like to offer my condolences as a member of a fan base who knows the pain of losing a beloved University tradition to the shenanigans of a rival fan base.  Stay strong hog friends and keep your heads up.

how are the trees at toomers corner? were they able to save them?

[Tom in Fort Worth]

It was funny.  I don't mind Tech as a team. Fans are pretty rough though. Not as bad as LSU fans, but not far from it.

[root_hawg]

I have seen articles from this "news" site before; pretty much the dumbest thing on the internet

[oxbaker]

how are the trees at toomers corner? were they able to save them?

Yes the trees were able to be saved, they are just in the form of small laminated coasters on true AUBURN fan's coffee tables now. 

[PonderinHog]

Yes the trees were able to be saved, they are just in the form of small laminated coasters on true AUBURN fan's coffee tables now.

What did y'all do to the damn bird

[LRHawg]

I thought it was pretty funny, but not their best. The one about ceelo green after Riverfest was comedy genius.

[FreshHog]

I'm married, one son, employed, vote and am on Facebook occasionally yet I recognize satire when I see it and laugh. It isn't always right or smart to generalize or stereotype.

You realize he wasn't sterotyping right? He was stating how crazy it is that someone so stupid that they don't realize its a satire, are doing all of those things which one would assume requires a bit more intelligence then they showed by believing said story.

Basically he's saying its scary that the people too slow to realize its a satire are also parenting this country's youth, and voting on the leaders of our nation lol.

[Smokehouse]

That much was pretty obvious.  I didn't have to be familiar with the site to see what it was trying to do.  It's the "funny" part that they missed on this one. 

I'm as up for a good, clever satire as just about anyone.  This one . . . was neither, IMO.

Rock City Times is generally pretty funny. Given that there is a Texas Tech cheerleader who hunts big game who the internet has been hotly debating (for some reason) lately, and we have a live mascot, it may have been low-hanging fruit but it's still a decent joke.

[buldozer]

No humor in any of that dribble..... written by a gun control elitist, animal rights loving razorback hater.....  big wooop

[BorderPatrol]

No humor in any of that dribble..... written by a gun control elitist, animal rights loving razorback hater.....  big wooop

HUH?

bp

[arkbadger]

No humor in any of that dribble..... written by a gun control elitist, animal rights loving razorback hater.....  big wooop

I bet you're a ton of fun at parties

[HogRedTilImDead]

Yes the trees were able to be saved, they are just in the form of small laminated coasters on true AUBURN fan's coffee tables now.

I kinda wanna use this as a sig line...

[Inhogswetrust]

You realize he wasn't sterotyping right? He was stating how crazy it is that someone so stupid that they don't realize its a satire, are doing all of those things which one would assume requires a bit more intelligence then they showed by believing said story.

Basically he's saying its scary that the people too slow to realize its a satire are also parenting this country's youth, and voting on the leaders of our nation lol.

Kind of a stereotype in and of itself isn't it......................................

[Inhogswetrust]

Yes the trees were able to be saved, they are just in the form of small laminated coasters on true AUBURN fan's coffee tables now. 

You mean they didn't make toilet paper out of them? Just kidding....................It really was a sad thing to kill those trees simply over sports.

[Inhogswetrust]

I bet you're a ton of fun at parties

Only in New York City, Chicago or San Francisco................................

[DeltaBoy]

This girl lives near my town and she is a real hunting ,cheerleading and pretty nice young lady. Check out her articles online at the Cleburne Times Review.

[PygmalionEffect]

I'm confused.  The byline at the bottom of the article for Jordan King said that he spent his time writing things that people enjoyed reading.

So who actually wrote the article?

[OneTuskOverTheLine™]

I would like to offer my condolences as a member of a fan base who knows the pain of losing a beloved University tradition to the shenanigans of a rival fan base.  Stay strong hog friends and keep your heads up.  

Y'all should have some big assed bronze trees put up on toomers corner and roll the crap (pun intended) out of them when you Beat Bama next...